title: Characterization of Farmington virus, a novel virus from birds that is distantly related to members of the family Rhabdoviridae.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Farmington virus (FARV) is a rhabdovirus that was isolated from a wild bird during an outbreak of epizootic eastern equine encephalitis on a pheasant farm in Connecticut, USA.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Analysis of the nearly complete genome sequence of the prototype CT AN 114 strain indicates that it encodes the five canonical rhabdovirus structural proteins (N, P, M, G and L) with alternative ORFs (> 180 nt) in the N and G genes. Phenotypic and genetic characterization of FARV has confirmed that it is a novel rhabdovirus and probably represents a new species within the family Rhabdoviridae.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In sum, our analysis indicates that FARV represents a new species within the family Rhabdoviridae.
authors.affiliation: Center for Genomic Sciences, United States Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases, Frederick, MD 10032, USA.
authors.forename: Gustavo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Palacios
authors.forename: Naomi L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Forrester
authors.forename: Nazir
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Savji
authors.forename: Amelia P A
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Travassos da Rosa
authors.forename: Hilda
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Guzman
authors.forename: Kelly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Detoy
authors.forename: Vsevolod L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Popov
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: W Ian
authors.initials: WI
authors.lastname: Lipkin
authors.forename: Nikos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vasilakis
authors.forename: Robert B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Tesh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D001717:Birds; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003237:Connecticut; D023061:Gene Order; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010802:Phylogeny; D012209:Rhabdoviridae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018353:Rhabdoviridae Infections / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014709:Vero Cells; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D014764:Viral Proteins